by Hermann Hesse · Atlas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789045009339
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«Fabuleuze vertellingen» is Hermann Hesse's collection of twenty-one tales, published by Atlas in paperback (269 pages, in Dutch).
A compilation of twenty-one short stories in which Hermann Hesse cultivates the tone of the wondrous and fairy tale. The stories combine fantastic and symbolic elements —human characters, animals and imaginary creatures— with reflections on the soul, destiny and nature, within the tradition of the classic German tale.
The original, «Märchen», was published in 1919; the Dutch translation is by Theodor Duquesnoy.
For readers with a command of Dutch who wish to approach Hermann Hesse's short fiction and the fantastic tale with a philosophical background.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
